House Concert/Fundraiser for Mahsa Vahdat's Woven Verses Recording Project

Andrea and Michael Scharff and Kitka cordially invite you to

WOVEN VERSES
Songs of Poetic Resistance and Resilience
An intimate concert, conversation,
and recording project fundraising campaign launch
with renowned Persian vocalists and cultural activists
and special guest poet and producer Erik Hillestad of KKV Records (Norway)
Sunday, April 27 from 2pm-4pm
(The historic Bernard Maybeck-designed home of Andrea and Michael Scharff)
1321 Bay View Place
Berkeley, CA
Drinks and light refreshments will be served
Minimum tax-deductible donation: $100 per person
Capacity is limited to 35 attendees. Advance RSVP required.
This special event will help Mahsa launch a funding campaign to support the production of a recording of Woven Verses, her original song cycle featuring Mahsa and Marjan's voices accompanied by an ensemble of virtuosic musicians with roots in Iran, Palestine, Armenia, Turkey, Norway, and the USA. Woven Verses premiered to standing ovations at The Freight and Salvage in October, 2024.
A recording of this album will enable this stunning, timely, and important new composition to reach a global audience.
Mahsa would like to offer the following thank you gifts to those able to contribute to this project at the following levels:
$100: Single admission to the April 27 Senger House Concert and/or a link to a video recording of the event, plus a letterpressed setting of a poem from Woven Verses created by house concert host Andrea Scharff, and a digital download of the Woven Verses album (available upon release).
$500: All the above, plus a physical copy of the Woven Verses CD, autographed with thanks to you from Mahsa and Marjan Vahdat and musical arranger Atabak Elyasi
$1000: All the above, plus a private singing lesson or serenade from Mahsa (live or virtual), and a collection of Vahdat Sisters' CDs in a handmade bag lovingly embroidered by Mahsa
$5,000: All the above, plus a private performance (live or virtual) by Mahsa and Marjan at the special event of your choosing (subject to availability, travel costs not included for performances outside the Bay Area)
$10,000: All the above, plue a co-producer credit on the Woven Verses album liner notes.

Host or Publisher Kitka Institute